The Music Tapes Will Come to Your House and Sing You Lullabies

Plus join them in St. Nikolai the Wonder Worker's Wishing Game of Candles

For the past couple of years, Julian Koster, frontman for Elephant 6 indie-poppers the Music Tapes, has spent his holiday seasons by going to fans' houses and singing them Christmas carols. Next month, Koster and his band will hit up more private residences. But the dog days of summer are no time for Christmas carols. This time, they're singing lullabies to people, right by their bedsides.

The Music Tapes will hit up homes in Boston, New York, and Philly, and you can invite them to yours by emailing LullabyeDeliveries@gmail.com. If your crib gets chosen, the band will play you some new songs, as well as sleepier joints from Music Tapes for Clouds and Tornadoes and 1st Imaginary Symphony for Nomad. You're welcome to invite your friends over or to enjoy the band's music all by yourself. And don't worry: the locations of the shows won't be released to the public. If you want people to come to your house, it's up to you to invite them.

In each of these cities, the band will also play something called "St. Nikolai the Wonder Worker's Wishing Game of Candles", a secret Music Tapes game that a press release describes as "not unlike a form of freeze tag played with candles, which sometimes causes unexplainable things to happen." Sounds dangerous! If you want to play with the band, you can send an email to LullabyeDeliveries@gmail.com, and you'll get an automatic reply with the game's location. You'll have to bring a candle between 10 and 12 inches tall.

Dates for this completely goofy little tour are below. The band will also play lullabies in the general areas around these cities, so you aren't necessarily out of luck if you happen to live in Camden or Jersey City.